Better Cater
7.2#2 in catering softwareAndroidiOSWebAPI
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Perfect Venue
7.8#1 in event venue management softwareAndroidiOSWebAPI
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| Fact | Better Cater | Perfect Venue |
|---|---|---|
| API | API access for custom integrations is included with Premium, and API keys let other software read an account. | The Enterprise Leads API supports custom HTML and JavaScript contact forms, uses a public venue API key and documents requests, responses, allowed origins and examples. |
| Event management | The event calendar tracks inquiry, tentative, confirmed, and other event statuses, and supports duplicating repeat events. | The platform keeps inquiries, proposals, contracts, payments, and banquet event orders in one account across locations. |
| Founded | 2011 | The company’s About page states it was founded in 2017 and identifies Luke Hutchison as founder and CEO. |
| Headquarters | San Francisco, California, United States | San Francisco, California, United States |
| Security and privacy | The company says its servers have 24/7 surveillance, its software is regularly patched, and its network uses an enterprise-class firewall. | Apple’s listing says the app may link financial, contact, user-content, identifier, usage and diagnostic data to the user. |
| Support | Plus includes email support and Premium includes priority support; the company also provides a help center and lists [email protected] for questions. | GetApp lists email/help-desk, knowledge-base and phone support, plus live-online, webinar, documentation and video training. |
Better Cater plans
- Plus—
- Premium—
- Plus — monthly billing$99 a month
- Premium — monthly billing$149 a month
- Plus — annual billing$996 a year
- Premium — annual billing$1,500 a year
Perfect Venue plans
- Professional (annual billing)$199 a month
- Professional$239 a month
- Professional (monthly billing)$239 a month
- Premium (annual billing)$299 a month
- Premium (monthly billing)$339 a month
- Premium$339 a month
Pick Better Cater if…
Better Cater is presented for wedding and event caterers, corporate and on-site catering, restaurants and franchises, food trucks, festivals, and other food-preparation businesses. It may suit caterers who want proposals, event tracking, and kitchen documents tied to one event record.
Pick Perfect Venue if…
It is aimed at hospitality groups, full-service restaurants, breweries, wineries, distilleries, event and wedding venues, golf courses, country clubs and eatertainment venues. The mobile app may suit teams that need to check event details and calendars while responding to inquiries.